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re: Morganza 101 for dummies
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:14 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:14 pm to tgrbaitn08
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obviously you're just a dumb arse farm boy who's never left the one red light town that you and your sister now are raising your family in
nope... have lived in the two biggest cities in LA since the early 80s..
but i am smart enough to know.
1. Agriculture is still by far and a way the largest employer in LA.
2. the port and tourism my be big to N.O. and somewhat BR and the chemical corridor... outside of that - not so much.
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Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:15 pm to Chad504boy
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Yeah, where would this state be with those 18,000 acres in farm land. frick NEW ORLEANS AND BR
not saying frick n.o.
my point is the fact that tourism and the port are not the two biggest industries in la.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:17 pm to choupiquesushi
my disagreement is you lumping "agriculture" into one lump some thing here like we are choosing let's say port vs agriculture when only a very small portion of agriculture could be affected by this. Just cause one cow dies doesn't mean all the cows die.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:17 pm to choupiquesushi
Do you realize the economic impact the Port of NOLA has on this nation?? You obviously have no clue whatsoever
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Do you realize the economic impact the Port of NOLA has on this nation?? You obviously have no clue whatsoever
yes.... on the national front - and that has been slipping for the past 50 years.. but again my comment was direct at a statement regarding it's imporatance to the state...
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:21 pm to Chad504boy
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my disagreement is you lumping "agriculture" into one lump some thing here like we are choosing let's say port vs agriculture when only a very small portion of agriculture could be affected by this. Just cause one cow dies doesn't mean all the cows die.
again.. my comments are directed at a statement regarding the port and tourism being the two most important industries in la.
i fully realize a very tiny portion of our states ag will be affecting by morganza...
but to tell a guy with 400 cattle in the basin - that he doesn't matter and a welfare recipient in N.O. does.... now come on....
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:22 pm to STEVED00
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I can't feel overly bad for the people affected bc this has all been in the works for almost a century
I don't care what side of the argument you fall on, this is just a douchebag comment.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:23 pm to choupiquesushi
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but to tell a guy with 400 cattle in the basin - that he doesn't matter and a welfare recipient in N.O. does.... now come on....
He can put his cattle on a barge and make a noah's ark.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:23 pm to Chad504boy
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Is the Achafalaya Basin in the morganza path?
The flow from Morganza predominantly flows down the east side of the Achafalaya's vast floodplain.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:25 pm to choupiquesushi
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1. Agriculture is still by far and a way the largest employer in LA.
link?
I would bet that there are more people working in the plants on the river, boats and ships on the river, ports up and down the river, everything and anything relating to the river than farms in this state....all those farms need the river to move their product, where it goes overseas or not.....it all flows north and south on the Miss River.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:25 pm to Chad504boy
BC=dumps the water in a lake that directly goes into the open
Morganza opening is a river diversion, and thus adding water floods cities along the route.
Morganza opening is a river diversion, and thus adding water floods cities along the route.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:26 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I would bet that there are more people working in the plants on the river, boats and ships on the river, ports up and down the river, everything and anything relating to the river than farms in this state....all those farms need the river to move their product, where it goes overseas or not.....it all flows north and south on the Miss River.
steak dinner you name the place
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:27 pm to Volvagia
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Morganza opening is a river diversion, and thus adding water floods cities along the route.
Which according to Bob Breck there is nothing but a few fishing camps that are going to be affected
I still can't believe he said that on TV.Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:29 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Listen dumb arse...if you dont have the river ports of BR and NOLA...there is no use for the farming industry in LA..FACT......the farmers NEED the Miss River....its not the other way around
um..no?
Most of the agriculture in Louisiana is carried by 18wheelers. My family has been farming for the last 3 generations...I know a little about it.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:33 pm to Adam4LSU
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Most of the agriculture in Louisiana is carried by 18wheelers. My family has been farming for the last 3 generations...I know a little about it.
and where do they take these 18 wheelers?? to plants and grain elevators along the river correct?
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:34 pm to tgrbaitn08
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and where do they take these 18 wheelers?? to plants and grain elevators along the river correct?
I always thought they got to the river via storks.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:40 pm to Chad504boy
All of our stuff goes to Houston or Dallas and from there I have no idea. It does not go East towards the river though.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:45 pm to choupiquesushi
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my disagreement is you lumping "agriculture" into one lump some thing here like we are choosing let's say port vs agriculture when only a very small portion of agriculture could be affected by this. Just cause one cow dies doesn't mean all the cows die.
again.. my comments are directed at a statement regarding the port and tourism being the two most important industries in la.
i fully realize a very tiny portion of our states ag will be affecting by morganza...
but to tell a guy with 400 cattle in the basin - that he doesn't matter and a welfare recipient in N.O. does.... now come on....
I feel your pain, however, the problem is the whole state isn't flooding. The loss for the guy with the 400 cattle (who has them in a known flood plain) doesn't come close to the people living in Baton Rouge or the greater metro area.
There are more than just project dwellers in NO. Unfortunately, we just don't make the news as often because our lives aren't as exciting (but I'm willing to learn).
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:46 pm to Adam4LSU
Geez, the whole point o my original post was that it would be a shitty situation if the USDA does not designate the opening of the spillway as a natural flood for insurance purposes.
I think a lot of people have the wrong impression that some posters would rather sacrifice BR and NOLA to save some farmland. Really? Who in their right mind would even think that?
I think a lot of people have the wrong impression that some posters would rather sacrifice BR and NOLA to save some farmland. Really? Who in their right mind would even think that?
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:49 pm to Adam4LSU
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Most of the agriculture in Louisiana is carried by 18wheelers. My family has been farming for the last 3 generations...I know a little about it.
18 wheelers to the elevators?
these don't happen to be along the river are they?
eta: late
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:50 pm
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